Tucked away in south Tulsa, on a street where residential homes have mostly been converted to commercial businesses, sits Sangha (pronounced SAHN-guh, Sanskrit for community). Sangha is a sober-living house that typically houses around six men working to kick addiction.
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Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Scott Myrick for $30,843.96 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Crown Asset Management LLC vs. Joseph Sossamon and Brenda Sossamon for $10,426.86 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Deon Sharp vs. Blake Pastorello and Orr Construction Inc. for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.
Etta Dale Junior High has another case of COVID-19, this time after a coach reportedly tested positive, possibly impacting as many as 90 students and two staff members.
“It does seem like Etta Dale is the center but there is no reason for that. There is no evidence of a spread, it's just two cases that hit them hard and by the nature of what those two cases are," said Pat Liticker, who serves as El Reno Public Schools Director of Instructional Leadership.
“Just like the high school, there is no evidence of a spread, it's just hit and miss.”
Editor’s Note: This free story is courtesy of the El Reno Tribune and the City of El Reno.
The success of El Reno’s own Smoke on the Water has caught the eye of the Southern Drag Boat Association in the past and now one of the nation’s premiere racing leagues is coming to town.
The SDBA has added Lake El Reno to its 2020 race schedule as the Hunter Showdown is set to take place Saturday and Sunday.
The event is named after the late Bruce Hunter, an El Reno resident who served on the SDBA board before his death.
El Reno police arrested Dustin Ray Edsall last week after a reported auto burglary led to him.
Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said Edsall, 41, was arrested Wednesday evening on complaints of burglary and outstanding arrest warrants.
Additional charges may be sought, Dickerson said.
Edsall was taken into custody after police investigating reports of an auto burglary in the 1900 block of Palo Verde found evidence linking him to the crime.
Several dozen people gathered last week to learn about Oklahoma’s Tax Credit Scholarships program.
Peter De Keretry, development director for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, told the crowd gathered in the gymnasium at Sacred Heart School that three Catholic schools in Oklahoma have closed for good this year.
Schools in Kingfisher, Guthrie and Lawton closed over lack of funding. De Keretry said the Tax Credit Scholarships can help keep parochial and private schools open and make them available for low-income children.
Redlands Community College has been awarded a five-year grant totaling nearly $1.5 million by the U.S. Department of Education that will allow it to expand instructional offerings for Native American students and others interested in agriculture technology-related careers.
In the fall of 2022, Redlands will be adding new courses focusing on agriculture technology including coding, drone operation, robotics and applied automation.
A rubberized flooring will be added to the new Canadian County Fairgrounds Expo Center to help protect horses as they move from the arena to the stalls.
County commissioners, acting as the county’s Public Facilities Authority, voted unanimously to approve the added $34,666 cost for the fairgrounds project.
District 2 Commissioner David Anderson had recommended the additional flooring, which will be placed between the barn columns and the outside wall.
Authorities charged an Oklahoma City man with first-degree murder and armed robbery in connection with the fatal shooting of a clerk at a Canadian County 7-Eleven.
Charges were filed against George Lorenz Way in connection with the Sept. 3 death of Laura Taylor. Way is accused of robbing the store at SW 15th and Mustang Road and then shooting Taylor multiple times when she followed him outside the store. Taylor died at the scene.
KP Harris found more than livestock last week in a field west of his home.
The Okarche teen encountered a black diamond rattlesnake that measured more than 6 feet when he entered the field to feed horses. Harris was able to make quick work of the snake and with help in skinning the creature from an aunt, had the makings of possibly a new belt.
Harris contacted Tom Jones of Kingfisher who makes belts, boots and saddles to inquire about uses for the snakeskin.
His mother, Julie Harris, said there was no way the snake was winding up on the dinner table.
